Mum charged with murdering missing baby daughter

Mum charged with murdering missing baby daughter

CHARGED: Federica Boscolo-Gnolo will appear at the Old Bailey next week [PA]

Federica Boscolo-Gnolo was arrested on Thursday after she reported her daughter, Farah, missing from a hotel in the Hammersmith and Fulham area, west London.P

Detectives investigated the disappearance and later charged the 31-year-old with Farah's murder.

A body is yet to have been found.

A Met Police spokesperson said: “Officers from the Homicide and Major Crime Command are investigating and, although no body has been found, detectives obtained authority to charge Federica Boscolo-Gnolo with murder.

“Enquiries continue to establish the full circumstances of the baby's disappearance.”

Baby Farah was born in November before her mother travelled to the UK from Chioggia in Italy.

Boscolo-Gnolo appeared in custody at Westminster Magistrates' Court today.

She will be remanded in custody until she is due to next appear at the Old Bailey on February 3.